STORY: China's GDP expands 5.5 pct in H1
DATELINE: July 17, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:51
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FU LINGHUI, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics

STORYLINE:

China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FU LINGHUI, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics
"GDP in the first half of this year reached 59.3034 trillion yuan (about 8.3 trillion U.S. dollars), up 5.5 percent year on year calculated at the constant price, or one percentage point faster than Q1. By industry, the value added of the primary industry was 3.0416 trillion yuan, up by 3.7 percent year on year, the secondary industry was 23.0682 trillion yuan, up by 4.3 percent, and the tertiary industry was 33.1937 trillion yuan, up by 6.4 percent. By quarter, GDP grew by 4.5 percent year on year in the first quarter and 6.3 percent in the second quarter. The GDP in the second quarter was up by 0.8 percent quarter on quarter."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)